I'm trying to replace my water pump, but i can't seem to get the fan off that's in front. I've got the wrench that holds the fan in place, but the 3 bolts that are on "pulley?" will not budge for the life of me, is there something else i should be doing to get them off?

98 land rover disco
132000 miles

 

I had to use a huge improvised breaker bar when I replaced my fan clutch about a month ago. I didn't have the special tool either so what I did was clamped a vise grip on the water pump pulley, wedged that against the alternator, and then used another vise grip with my breaker bar/duct tape creation to force off the bolt.

It basically kicked my ***, I'm only like 143 lbs 5'10, obviously not exactly a body builder.

 

NO nothing special to getting the pully off, the fan clutch is the hard one.
You might need to spray those three bolts with Liquid Wrench and let it soak for a few minutes and then try again.

Put a piece of pipe over the handle of your rachet and get more leverage.

 

Which pump are you going with? Are you replacing anything else while your at it?

 

2nd the liquid wrench...those three bolts are put on with loctite at the factory...did mine last week. had a friend hold thestrap wrenchon thepulley while i used a rachet to get the bolts off. i let it soak in the LW overnight though. good luck